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Star Wars Trilogy Box Set [Deluxe Remastered Version]
by John Williams, London Symphony Orchestra
from Sony

Features:

• Soundtrack

Editorial Review:

Given that it's largely credited with reinventing Hollywood--or at least fostering its overweening box office expectations--it's hard to imagine that the genesis of George Lucas' sprawling, multi-billion dollar Star Wars franchise was once considered a risky studio proposition at best. But Lucas himself has wisely singled out the robust, retro-romantic music of composer John Williams as the unlikely artistic linchpin that holds all of the saga's disparate dramatic, thematic and technical elements firmly together. Boxed together here then are three of the most successful and influential film scores of modern Hollywood, work that draws as much on Williams' masterful sense of classical music history as it does his own well-studied melodic and arranging instincts. Each of the three double-disc collections here contains all of the music written for Star Wars: A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi (and even Alfred Newman's introductory "Fox Fanfare"), newly upgraded via Direct Stream Digital remastering that adds stunning new presence and clarity to Williams' rousing, epochal scores. Each chapter also features a lenticular 3-D cover and newly designed fold-out film poster; the ultimate musical compendium of the original Star Wars triptych. --Jerry McCulley

With the long-awaited DVD release of the first three films in the Star Wars trilogy, come the CD soundtrack companions. This box set includes three 2-CD sets each with an exclusive lenticular cover. Each set also includes never-before-seen Star Wars images and a fold-out poster--a different poster in each CD. Each set also includes a link to an exclusive screen saver web site. All the music has been re-mastered using the latest DSD technology.

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Cheap & Cheerful
  This set is so basic I felt a bit ripped off. Inside the card box are the three DVD cases with bland looking covers, and inside were bare looking discs - it looks and feels like a cheap fake - but its the genuine article. I fell asleep during the "extras" disc.

• 1 star taken away for messing about - could have been more!
  As yet I have only listened to 'The New Hope' cd. Having bought the soundtrack from the original ( the truly original , non-special edition ) version of the film, I am already extremely familiar with the music. Perhaps this may be the problem. It would have received the full 5 stars if I hadn't had to listen to the not up to scratch filler tracks made for the special edition film. That is not the main problem _ 'they' have messed with the already existing tracks. From a purely musical point of view, the... more info

• Star Wars sound tracks CD ROM set.
  Just to add to gorkyoftrebizond from Trabzon, Turkey review, I find this CD ROM the best in quality sound.

  It takes you through the whole Star Wars films musically which includes the Cantina Band (when Luke and Ben meet Han and Chewie in the bar) and their second number played (CD 1 disk one) but it also includes the other rare Darth Vader March theme(CD2). These tracks were only available from US Sources in CD singles before this stunning collection.

  Side one takes you from the Fox introduction then... more info

• Great Soundtrack for a excellent movie
  if there has ever been a one of the greatest movie's ever made it would be Star Wars and one should have the soundtrack as well to make one of the greatest movie colections. The music is very easy listening and well presented.

Tracks:

1. 20th Century Fox Fanfare
2. Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner Medley
3. Imperial Attack
4. The Dune Sea of Tatooine/Jawa Sandcrawler Medley
5. The Moisture Farm
6. The Hologram/Binary Sunset Medley
7. Landspeeder Search/Attack of the Sand People Medley
8. Tales of a Jedi Knight/Learn About the Force Medley
9. Burning Homestead
10. Mos Eisley Spaceport
11. Cantina Band
12. Cantina Band #2
13. Binary Sunset (Alternate) Medley
14. Binary Sunset (Alternate)
15. Princess Leia's Theme
16. The Millennium Falcon/Imperial Cruiser Pursuit

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